Sunday, November 30, 2025

An in-depth look at TPUv7 Ironwood, the latest generation of Google's TPU, and how it positions Google as a serious challenger to Nvidia's AI chip dominance (Dylan Patel/SemiAnalysis)

Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis:
An in-depth look at TPUv7 Ironwood, the latest generation of Google's TPU, and how it positions Google as a serious challenger to Nvidia's AI chip dominance  —  Potential End of the CUDA Moat?, Anthropic's 1GW+ TPU Purchase, The more (TPU) Meta/SSI/xAI/OAI/Anthro buy the more (GPU capex) …



South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang that exposed ~33.7M accounts; the country has a population of 51.7M (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang that exposed ~33.7M accounts; the country has a population of 51.7M  —  South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at online retailer Coupang Inc. that exposed about 33.7 million accounts …



How David Sacks' work on AI and crypto in Trump's White House benefits his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts (New York Times)

New York Times:
How David Sacks' work on AI and crypto in Trump's White House benefits his investments, those of his Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts  —  In July, David Sacks, one of the Trump administration's top technology officials, beamed as he strode onstage at a neoclassical auditorium just blocks from the White House.



Researchers unveil PropensityBench, a benchmark showing how stressors like shorter deadlines increase misbehavior in agentic AI models during task completion (Matthew Hutson/IEEE Spectrum)

Matthew Hutson / IEEE Spectrum:
Researchers unveil PropensityBench, a benchmark showing how stressors like shorter deadlines increase misbehavior in agentic AI models during task completion  —  Shortened deadlines and other stressors caused misbehavior  —  Several recent studies have shown that artificial-intelligence …



Saturday, November 29, 2025

Sources: Micron plans to invest $9.6B in Japan to build a production facility for next-gen HBM memory chips beginning in 2026, with shipments expected in 2028 (Ryo Mukano/Nikkei Asia)

Ryo Mukano / Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Micron plans to invest $9.6B in Japan to build a production facility for next-gen HBM memory chips beginning in 2026, with shipments expected in 2028  —  TOKYO — U.S. semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology will invest 1.5 trillion yen ($9.6 billion) to build a production facility …



Pangram Labs: ~21% of the 75,800 peer reviews submitted for ICLR 2026, a major ML conference, were fully AI-generated, and 50%+ contained signs of AI use (Miryam Naddaf/Nature)

Miryam Naddaf / Nature:
Pangram Labs: ~21% of the 75,800 peer reviews submitted for ICLR 2026, a major ML conference, were fully AI-generated, and 50%+ contained signs of AI use  —  By - Miryam Naddaf 0  —  Miryam Naddaf is a science writer based in London.  —  Search author on:  —  PubMed Google Scholar



A look at Mexico City's Nuevo Polanco neighborhood, where Huawei, TikTok, and other Chinese firms have opened offices, fueling a growing Chinese tech community (Daniela Dib/Rest of World)

Daniela Dib / Rest of World:
A look at Mexico City's Nuevo Polanco neighborhood, where Huawei, TikTok, and other Chinese firms have opened offices, fueling a growing Chinese tech community  —  A growing Chinese techie community in Nuevo Polanco is fueling a boom in restaurants and markets to serve them.



Unit 42 details how underground hacking forums advertise and sell custom, jailbroken, and open-source AI hacking tools such as WormGPT and KawaiiGPT (Derek B. Johnson/CyberScoop)

Derek B. Johnson / CyberScoop:
Unit 42 details how underground hacking forums advertise and sell custom, jailbroken, and open-source AI hacking tools such as WormGPT and KawaiiGPT  —  As legitimate businesses purchase AI tools from some of the largest companies in the world, cybercriminals are accessing …



Friday, November 28, 2025

Gravis Robotics, which adds cameras, sensors, and AI to heavyweight construction machines so they can operate autonomously, raised $23M led by IQ and Zacua (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)

Beatrice Nolan / Fortune:
Gravis Robotics, which adds cameras, sensors, and AI to heavyweight construction machines so they can operate autonomously, raised $23M led by IQ and Zacua  —  Gravis Robotics, a Zurich-based startup that is turning heavyweight construction machines into autonomous robots …



Assassin's Creed Shadows on Nintendo Switch 2: Ubisoft shares details on how the game will work on the new consoles

Assassin's Creed Shadows launches on Nintendo Switch 2 on December 2nd, featuring a detailed open world optimized for the new console. Ubisoft implemented technical adjustments, including DLSS and a baked Global Illumination system, to ensure a smooth 30 FPS experience in both docked and handheld modes. The game includes most post-launch content, with touch screen navigation and future updates planned. https://ift.tt/iYoeM6f

London-based PolyAI, which makes call center AI voice assistants, raised an $86M Series D led by Georgian, Hedosophia, and Khosla, after raising $50M in 2024 (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)

John Reynolds / Tech.eu : London-based PolyAI, which makes call center AI voice assistants, raised an $86M Series D led by Georgian, Hedo...